temenos

American  

[tem-uh-nahs] / ˈtɛm əˌnɑs /

noun

plural

temenoi, temene

1. Greek Antiquity. a sacred piece of ground, especially the site of a temple or the grounds immediately surrounding it.

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Example Sentences

Thus the north porch gave admission to a temenos, but not according to present theory to the eastern cella of Athena.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

A great temenos was laid out enclosing a much larger area, and the temple itself was about three times the earlier size.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

He is within a temenos or precinct, a place “cut off” from the common land and dedicated to a god.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen

The simple and convenient order would have been: Hekatompedon, Erechtheum, temple or temenos of Pandrosus.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

The ruins of this, however, have not yet been found, but far away towards the northern end of the ruin a small temple and temenos of Aphroditê have been brought to light.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)